5/15/09

Ambulance Crash Log
An ambulance and car collide in Santa Maria - California

America
Community Ambulance to Close - Maine
Lewiston City Council will consider ambulance proposal - Idaho
Amesbury considers regional ambulance plan - Massachusetts
Ambulance Association Inaugurates Scholarship - Connecticut
ALS' Sweet named new EMS director for Anderson County - Tennessee
10 EMTs facing layoffs in Perth Amboy in cost-cutting proposal - New Jersey

Human Interest
Medical Condition Tattoos
"Level Zero" the movie - California

Criminal
EMS chief places paramedic arrested on leave - Florida
Flight Nurses Accused Of Negligence In Man's Death - California

Medevac
Air Evac flying the coop May 26 - Tennessee

Awards-Honors
Redmond Regional Medical Center EMS named the top in state - Georgia

Canada
BlackBerry being used by Winnipeg paramedics to help save lives - Canada

Obits/Services
Brian Munz - Illinois
John B. Goff - New Hampshire
Carolyn J. Paffenroth - New York
Pender County ambulance driver dies responding to emergency - North Carolina

World
Fortis Group to operate 150 ambulances - India